Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Habitual carbohydrate intake is not correlated with circulating β-hydroxybutyrate levels in pregnant women with overweight and obesity at 28 weeks' gestation
Authors' conclusion
Fasting serum β-hydroxybutyrate levels are not associated with habitual carbohydrate intake at 28 weeks' gestation in pregnant women with overweight and obesity.
Study context
- Population
- Pregnant women with overweight or obesity at 28 weeks' gestation; mean BMI 34.7 ± 6.3 kg/m²
- Participants
- 108 women
- Comparison
- High vs low habitual carbohydrate intake
- Primary endpoint
- Association of fasting maternal ketone (β-hydroxybutyrate) levels with habitual carbohydrate intake
- Follow-up
- 28 weeks' gestation
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Fasting β-hydroxybutyrate
Further findings
Fasting β-hydroxybutyrate range
- Range
- 22.2 to 296.5 μmol/l
Habitual carbohydrate intake
- Median (IQR)
- 155 [126-189] g/day
Correlation of fasting β-hydroxybutyrate with 1 h venous plasma glucose during 75 g OGTT
- ρ
- 0.23, p=0.03
- Only metabolic parameter correlated with fasting β-hydroxybutyrate
Original publication
Habitual carbohydrate intake is not correlated with circulating β-hydroxybutyrate levels in pregnant women with overweight and obesity at 28 weeks' gestation. Diabetologia. Published 16 November 2023. doi:10.
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